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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user <Gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:07:38
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWo4XET9Ahu9zmR6Zj-4O51fy9pAHTSf+a-D=Km5hD0sQ@mail.gmail.com
1 Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example,
2 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0).
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4 Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go
5 directly to `make menuconfig`?
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7 Rgds,
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Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? Jeremy McSpadden <deface@×××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig necessary? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>